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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Since NewTV won’t be making the content, they will be licensing from and partnering with traditional entertainment producers. NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Yet while we had plenty of language and tools for execution, we had none for search. The result? Carpe Diem – Seize the Cash.

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Metaverse – Hype of Reality?

Start Up Blog

A google search of the term now has 141 million results, a more than 100 fold increase on a year ago. Since its launch in 2004, Facebook was the clear winner of social networking with 3.6 When a top 10 company by valuation like Facebook, changes its name and focus to the MetaVerse – it is going to generate a lot of attention.

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Demand Generation: 7 Tactics to Fuel Your Funnel

ConversionXL

The information needed to make decisions is all around them: in their communities, at events, and at the end of a Google search. Search Google for SparkToro and the results focus primarily on Rand. Since co-founding Moz in 2004, Rand has continually put himself out there as a public face. The impact of this? Take Demandbase.

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LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs

reidhoffman.org

× At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. What I’ve honorably been able to do, however, is share the deck I used to pitch LinkedIn to Greylock for a Series B investment back in 2004. the consumer internet landscape in 2004 vs. today. Reid Hoffman. Reid Hoffman.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Founding Date: 2004. What They Do: Travel search engine. How They Do It: Aggregate data from travel data warehouses like ITA as well as indexing travel providers websites, provide this information to consumers in a highly customizable search engine. Search Statistics: 2010 Queries: 634 million. Series A Preferred.

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Customer Development in Japan: a History Lesson

Steve Blank

In 2004, Googling terms like “high tech marketing” and “startup” I discovered “ The Four Steps to The Epiphany ” at Cafépress.com. This was exactly what I was searching for. They pivoted the product by implementing Google like wide-open search windows requested time and again in customer interviews. The first meeting with Steve.

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The Guy Who Took on Google (and now LinkedIn): Mike Yavonditte

Both Sides of the Table

Mike believes the reason AltaVista didn’t become Google ( despite their market leadership position ) was because they didn’t focus on search. Instead, they tried to use their search position to offer a portal like Excite and Yahoo! Of course, monetization of search became one of the best business models in the history of business.

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